PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Knox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pawel Nastula (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knox's entrance music is "Another Body Murdered". A fine choice. Nastula has chosen Bezimienni - Walka as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Knox
vs
Nastula

185 cm
22
213 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
18
204 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Red Light Clothing
TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Rivers Edge Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pawel Nastula!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, John Roberts and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nastula shoots in but Knox avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Knox wants to clinch up but Nastula keeps it at a distance.
Nastula shoots for a double leg takedown but Knox sprawls well. He's pushed Nastula's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Nastula shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Knox sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Knox wants to get back to full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Knox trying to control but Nastula postures up.
Knox tries to roll over but Nastula keeps him under control.
Knox is trying is best to control the position here.
Nastula prevents Knox from improving his position.
Knox trying to hold on to Nastula's head to control him but Nastula postures up.
Knox wants to get back to full guard.
Nastula throwing shots but Knox is blocking nicely.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Nastula fails to land the takedown.
John Knox has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pawel Nastula.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Knox as Nastula shoots in.
Knox misses with a jab, cross combination.
Knox is looking to clinch but Nastula is avoiding it.
Nastula will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nastula doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nastula looks gassed!
Nastula will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Knox scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

It looks like Pawel Nastula has been cut.

Knox scores a takedown into full mount!
Nastula has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Knox dominating with strikes here.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Knox lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Knox with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Knox lands with some strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nastula is squirming around, avoiding Knox's attempts to control the action.
Nastula is in a horrible position here. Knox smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Knox raining down shots from the mount!
Knox in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Knox sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Knox landing strikes, looking to finish!
Knox lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Knox dominating with strikes here.
Knox with good strikes from the mount here!
Knox cracks Nastula with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That has opened up Pawel Nastula's cut even more.
A nice elbow there by Knox.
Knox lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox with a couple of short strikes.
Knox prevents Nastula from getting the reversal.
Knox putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
BOOM! Knox connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Knox with the ground and pound from mount.
Knox looking to finish Nastula with some ground and pound. This is bad for Nastula!
Knox scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Knox is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Nastula is surviving well by controlling Knox's body position as best he can.
A nice elbow there by Knox.
Knox putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Nastula is squirming around, avoiding Knox's attempts to control the action.
Knox scoring with strikes but Nastula is staying in there.
Nastula wants to control but Knox is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox lands a heavy elbow.
Knox sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Nastula tries to lock up and control but Knox gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Knox landing punches.
Nastula tries to hold on but Knox postures up.

Knox has control of Nastula's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Nastula regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Knox lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knox controlling his opponent.
Nastula tries to reverse the position but Knox maintains control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Knox dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pawel Nastula's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Nastula tries for a takedown but Knox circles away easily

and Knox counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Nastula!
Knox pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Knox landing punches.
Knox postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Nastula looks a forlorn figure.

Pawel Nastula's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Pawel Nastula's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). John Knox!